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Hungover to fuck today, ambled in to the local Mac reseller to show my girlfriend what ipods look like...
AND NEARLY BOUGHT MYSELF AN iMAC!!!!!!
The new 20inch one is so luveeeeeellyyyyyyy...... I nearly tried to buy it on the spot, although none in stock as it turns out.
Been thinking about it for ages - since getting G5s at work, my XP laptop is starting to look more than tired, so I think it's time to make the big switch. Working at 1024/768 is not very good for designing.
(The only problem is my Sony MP3 player is PC only, so I'll have to keep using my laptop to put new music on it... a minor annoyance)
Reckon I might order one next week :-) -
PS. Yeah, err sorry for the pointless post.
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I just got a new VAIO.
I love it. -
Awww the joy of new things!
If only it didn't fade so fast. -
My joy is not fading at all :)
I had and worked with my old laptop for the last three years. It was insanely slow and the screen (when compared with the new vaio screen, especially) was barely readable. I don't think I've put this new laptop down for longer than ten minutes since it arrived on my front doorstep. -
My problem is lusting for things and then not using them... currently I have a guitar and a set of decks with mixer just collecting dusk... so I'm going to be more cautious about buying a new computer this time.
There was me thinking you would be on Mac, but i guess most coders are on PC? -
- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeNov 5th 2005
that link doesnt work, mark. What version is it? I had been looking at the vaios in my quest to find a nice laptop. I must say the xblack/trubrite lcd's really are a ton better than the standard laptop screens. -
"My problem is lusting for things and then not using them..."
Trust me, I'm sure you'll use a new iMac!
Buy one, or two, they're sweet... -
This is the correct link if I'm not mistaken:
http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/servlet/ProductDetailDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&productId=1002019 -
"Trust me, I'm sure you'll use a new iMac!"
Damn straight... it is the one purchase I can fully justify as I would be using it every day for sure.
Lol, yeah I should get a second one for the kitchen... and maybe one for the bathroom as well... -
I have one, its incredible. go buy.
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Stu, do you find it noisy/hot ever?
I was looking at the 20inch one today... the screen looks hugeeeeeee! -
- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeNov 5th 2005
Ahh, yeah i have a link open to an FS slightly lower down the range. I think that one mark has is a little out my budget but i found one for 999 which is still pretty kickass. How are you finding everything about it mark? -
Mine is only ever slightly noisy when I'm creating mixdowns in Garageband, but it's silent the rest of the time. The back gets a little warm, but I havent turned this things off in weeks, its 10 times quieter, hotter and more reliable than my last PC.
I have the 20 inch, not the most recent release with the integrated iSight, its a great screen, I use it for watching films and stuff all the time since it's so much better than my TV. -
ADM is right on the money - I fixed my link, too.
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Yeah, I've got the previous 20" iMac too. They're wonderful computers. Even nicer if you go wireless keyboard/mouse. (Although I still have one cable coming out front, damn Wacom not making a bluetooth Intuos tablet...)
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yeah i figured that wireless is the way to go with the mouse and the keyboard... when are they gonna invent wireless power systems so there's no leads at all!
you can't get a wireless mighty mouse yet though?
also was wondering if you can get usb tv tuners for use in the uk??? -
I went for wired kb and mouse. Why? extra two USB ports on the keyboard, ideal for memory sticks, and because I can't be arsed to keep scrambling for batteries all the time. I have a Mighty Mouse now, which is well worth getting.
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Batteries, shit, didn't think of that one! Hmm.
Elgato looks good, cheers. -
I've had my wireless mouse and keyboard for 6 odd months, and they're still only halfway through their first set of batteries. It's really not an issue at all
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- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeNov 6th 2005
"damn Wacom not making a bluetooth Intuos tablet" - i might be wrong but i'm pretty sure i remember seeing a bluetooth tablet advertised somewhere... you might wanna take a hunt if it bothers you.
I have a diNovo wireless keyb and mouse for my pc which i'd like to keep if i can get some mac software for it. The mouse is rechargable and the keyboard doesnt use batteries *that* quickly.
What would be cool is a wireless keyboard with usb ports (i know it'd use the batteries quicker but it'd still be neat for occasional use)
I think i could live with a wired keyboard, but i do like freedom with my mouse.
What's so mighty about the mightymouse? Sorry to be anti-mac but doesnt it just do what pc mice have been doing for years? -
the mightymouse - yeah exactly - but think how revolutionary the idea of more than button is to all those mac zealots!!!!!!
it's great spin... when i was in the shop the sales guy was givining a demo to a couple next to me, and spent a good few minutes hyping up the fact that it could.... gasp... scroll... and right and middle click..... hahahahaaha -
Now Mark, take the vaio and put a bullet through of it.
I have had it with Sony products and I will no longer endorse their overpriced products, and at a later date I will do something about this tattoo. -
- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeNov 7th 2005
To be honest, the vaio line of laptops arent particularly overpriced. If you look for the same spec in a dell or whatever (not that theyre perfectly priced either) you're not saving too many pennies. And the vaios come with the Xblack displays and the new line really are very sexy/thin/light. -
Yes but it still doesn't change the fact that Sony is going to fuck you in the ass eventually at somepoint and you are funding their insane campaing of "everything not generally agreed on."
Like, Blu-Ray, their supid Memory sticks, their Atrack audio encoding, and their latest fuck up of the RootKit in Sony-BMG music CDs. -
iMac ordered today :-)
20inch with a gig o' ram.
XP rest in peace. (Although I'm gonna keep my laptop running as a stripped down audio system for djing/live stuff) -
Congrats... when is it scheduled to arrive?
You do know that within 48 hours after you open the box you will get a note in the post from the big boss man himself, welcoming you to the cult... ahh... fold. Then you'll never look back... well, you can't really!
And on your birthdays you get a letter from the Woz.
Happy days. -
Hopefully next week, getting it from local reseller so I can go hassle them if it goes wrong!
Can't wait!!!! -
- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeNov 7th 2005
ugh. i hate it when people get new pc's/whatever. it just tempts me more and more to dig deep and blow the lot. -
I'd love to order myself up a top of the range Mac. I can't afford it and don't have the desk space though.
It's not hard to guess it's the second one that's stopping me :P -
- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeNov 7th 2005
dont have the desk space? what you mean to keep your pc as well? -
Hell yeah! I love my PC. I built it myself and it's only a year old. Runs great. I sometimes do an OS format for the sake of keeping it up to speed :)
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minisweeper: yes they do, they have a bluetooth graphire tablet, which is the cheaper consumer range - except the bluetooth one is priced a few hundred dollars more than the wired graphire tablet - which is rediculous. In any case, I'm after the professional Intuos range.
awesome 3stripe. enjoy! -
3stripe, you'd better roll out the red carpet for the arrival of your new center of life, and better not risk it and alarm the press aswell, but I must beg you to ditch lifepartner/children/animals for a week or so, or they will just get in your way as you get more acquainted with the new bueaty.
Wacom Intuos3 A4 FTW! -
Kosmo, yes... the girlf has been informed!
I think my whole design style might go Aqua for a month or two until I get over the new bevels and drop shadows in my life. Heheh. -
I warn you, it's hard to look for lost remote, you actually spend around 15 to 20 minutes trying to find the search box in your spotlight.
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My vaio was faster, had more ram, a bigger hard drive, was $300 cheaper, and was sexier than the closest comparable toshiba I could find. I was a big toshiba fan for years (I still think their tech support and warranties are the best in the biz), but I couldn't argue with the numbers.
Oh, and congrats 3stripe! -
thankyou thankyou.
actually my bro has a toshiba laptop. curvy blue and almost looks like a sports car somehow, nice! -
i bought a new g5 about two months ago and im still going nuts over it.
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[UPDATE]
I'm getting a Toshiba laptop at work for testing web layouts on :-) -
Still another 1 or possibly 2 weeks to go until I get the iMac, starting to think shoulda ordered from apple.com :-(
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I'm getting the jitters now, maybe I should pay the extra £200 for the 2ghz G5 instead, and save up for a nice screen further down the line????
In the long run I might regret not going for that.... arghhh... not sure.... help! -
Well, as your lawyer, I'd say that if you are going to have some heavy use on it like doing graphics or some of that nature, you should go for the G5, but if you just want a new machine that packs a punch and is going to be the coolest looking machine and center piece of your life, you are fine with the iMac.
But why should you take my advice, I'm just a cartoon. -
Hmm. Well I'll be running Reason and Photoshop a lot, and they both could do with plenty o' memory.... hmmmm... haaaaaaa.....
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Well, both Reason and Photoshop are familiar products to me and I can say that I'm confident that if you up your system memory to 1gig, you won't have any problem.
It's a common mistake to think that iMac is comparable to cheap ass PCs in speed, but it's actually pretty swift. -
Yeah I've got some extra ram on order too....
My sub-thinking on this goes like this:
In 3 years time when the iMac is getting too slow for my main computer... bam... move it into my kitchen or living room, and I've got a very tasty media hub thingie. Couldn't do that with a G5 so easy...
Of course by that time I'll be rich and will get a G7 Macintel with quad processors or whatever... -
Well then I think that iMac suits your needs way better, and believe me, 3 years is not that much on Macs life, I have a friend and he is a photographer and has the older model PowerBook around 3-4 years old or so, I guess it's the Titanum series. And he tosses around Nikon RAW images around the size of 40megs just like nothing.
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Finally got it today :-)
(Notice the now relegated PC mouse sulking in the background...)